Football is so much more than just a game. For the last 160 years it has provoked endless conversation and debate amongst supporters of all ages. Indeed, there are many topics of discussion that can fuel the fire inside an individual and the question of 'which football club is the important?' certainly achieves this. Perhaps such fierce debate is due to the ambiguity of such a question and the subjective nature of the term 'important'. For some, success and size may equate to a club's importance, but to others a deeper personal connection may see different sides at the forefront of their minds. To create a final list of 50 sides, we created poll on our site, which saw over 90 different nominations from supporters all around the world. Almost 4000 votes were cast in total - so let's find out who completes Football's 50 Most Important Clubs!
It’s been a good while since I’ve done a Crest Dissected but after a bit of a summer break and time at the BBC ( Cardiff and Swansea pieces) it’s time to get back down to TFHB writing! So following FC Barcelona , PSG , AS Monaco and US Women’s Soccer this week I’m going to take a look at AS Roma and their intriguing history. In the summer of 1927 an Italian Fascist, Italo Foschi , was behind the merger of three older Italian Football Championships clubs all based in Rome, Alba-Audace , Roman and Fortitudo . The purpose of the move was to compete with the well established clubs, especially in the Northern cities but Lazio were not behind the move meaning the Derby della Capitale rivalry was there from the beginning and Associazone Sportiva Roma was born. AS Roma immediately endeared themselves to the masses by taking on the capital’s colours, red and yellow, something Lazio did not consider as they favoured the greek myth of Olimpia and the colour blue. Romulus a
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